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G. KOONS.

STEAM WASHING MAUHINE.

No. 326.875. ed Sept. 22, 1885.

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GERO\V KOONS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STEAM WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,875, dated September 22, 1885 Application filed October 11, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GERow KOONS, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Steam Vashing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improveboiling, and steaming clothes; and it has for its obj ect to provide an improved apparatus wherein clothes may be thoroughly subjected to the action of the hot water and steam, and agitated and scrubbed during the operation, as more fully hereinafter specified.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l representsa transverse Vertical sectional view of my apparatus entire, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical sectional View thereof.

The letterA indicates the boiler, which consists of a rectangular vessel of metal or other suitable material.

B indicates a false bottom, which is semieylindrical in shape, and is provided with legs D, upon which it rests when in place in the boiler. Said false bottom is of such size that the edges approach nearly to the upper edges of the boiler, the said upper edges of the boiler being provided with deflecting-flanges E, to direct steam escaping between the upper edges of the false bottom and the boiler into and through the reticulated steam wheel or cylinder, as presently described.

The false bottomisprovided below with a series of perforations, F, in order that the water in the boiler may be at the same level above and below said false bottom, and near the upper edges of the said false bottom is a series of apertures, G, through which the steam escapes forcibly into and through the meshes of the steam wheel or cylinder and into and through the clothes contained therein, as more fully hereinafter specified.

The letter H indicates the steam wheel or cylinder, which is constructed of wire-gauze or reticulated metal, in two parts which are hinged together, so that they may be fully opened for insertion of the clothes, the said parts being provided with suitable fastening devices, by which they may be locked together after the clothes are inserted. The wheel or cylinder has formed 011 the inside at proper intervals V-shaped flanges I, which serve to throw the clothes toward the center of the cylinder-or wheel as it rotates, and thus agitate and scrub the same. The wheel or cylinder is mounted uponjournals L, which have their bearings at the ends of the boiler, one of said journals being extended and provided with a crank, by means of which the wheel or cylinder may be rotated.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the above description.

The false bottom and cylinder or wheel be ing properly secured in the boiler, said boiler is charged with water up to the line mm, Fig. 1. Heat is then applied in any convenient man ner until the generation of steam commences, the clothes having been previously placed in the steam wheel or cylinder. The cylinder is then rotated, its lower portion passing through the water above the lower portion of the false bottom, while the escaping steam is forced through the upper aperture in said bottom and between the edges of the same into and through. the clothes, which are tumbled and scrubbed by the V-shaped flanges during the operation.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, in a steam washingmachine, with the rectangular boiler A, provided along its upper front and rear edges with the deflecting-flanges E E, and the foraminous cylinder H,madein two parts hinged together, provided with the inward projeetions 1, and journaled in the sides of the boiler, of the semi-cylindrical false bottom B, supported in the boiler concentric with the wheel H, provided at its lower part with the openings F, and having its edges beveled and separated sufficiently from the deflectingflanges E to allow the steam to be driven between the two into the lower part of the wheel H, substantially as specified.

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2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the boiler A, provided with the deflectors E,and the cylinder H, journaled in the boiler, of the false bottom B, concentric with the said wheel, having its edge beveled to correspond to the deflecting-surfaces of the flanges E, and

provided with the openings F and G, the latter of which are adapted to have ascending steam forced through them by the contraction 

